Chapter 3152: Mom, you must save us!

Although the outside world was filled with overwhelming suspicion regarding He Yuanjiang, He Yuanjiang himself was never influenced by the public discourse.

As soon as the press conference ended, he focused all his energy on the development of Changying Automobile.

He took his new wife and headed straight for the Gaoheng Automobile production base, where he began integrating the team, personnel, and hardware. Simultaneously, he assembled a human resources team to start recruiting automotive talent on a global scale.

According to his plan, the current Gaoheng Automobile team would immediately set aside all their original work to devote themselves entirely to the development of the new vehicle.

At the same time, fresh blood would be continuously absorbed into the team to expand it and elevate its overall level.

He required the team to produce the 1.0 version proposal for Changying Automobile's first model within three months. Since the Jin Ling super factory would take nearly a year to build and become operational, He Yuanjiang decided that once the first model's plan was finalized, they would first utilize Gaoheng Automobile's production line to manufacture a batch of prototypes for testing.

After the prototypes underwent road testing and further tuning and refinement, they could be handed over to the Jin Ling super factory for small-batch production. Following another round of optimization and refinement, they could then proceed to full-scale mass production and market launch.

He Yuanjiang estimated that once the prototypes completed their first round of tuning, they could basically announce the news to the outside world. At that time, they would hold a new car launch event to unveil Changying Automobile's first mass-produced model to the entire world.

It took Remy nearly three years from launching their automotive project to the debut of their first model, but Remy started from scratch in the true sense of the word. Unlike Changying Automobile at this stage, which already had the foundation of Gaoheng Automobile, they saved a great deal of time on preliminary preparation and finding a contract manufacturing partner.

While He Yuanjiang began working frantically, the Horowitz father and son, who had been locked in Hong Wu's kennel and then drifted at sea for over half a month, finally arrived at their destination: the waters of the Middle East.

Taking advantage of the thick fog and the sea and sky blending into one that day in the Arabian Sea, the father and son were dragged out of the cabin. They stood at the ship's rail, their backs to the vast, white sea, while in front of them, Cataclysmic Front soldiers set up three camera positions.

Of these three positions, one was for a close-up of Steve Horowitz's face, one for his son Walter Horowitz, and the third captured their full bodies along with the vast, white sea behind them, where it was impossible to tell where one thing ended and another began.

With their messy, long hair, the father and son shivered in front of the lens. One of the Cataclysmic Front soldiers spoke up: "Come on, you two. The video we are filming now will be seen by your family after editing, so I believe I don't need to teach you how to speak, right?"

The father and son shook their heads in unison and said: "No need, no need!"

They had long known Ye Chen's plan: to drag them to a place where one couldn't tell where they were, have them record a video for their family, and on one hand, show that they were still alive, while on the other, force their family to pay to buy their lives.

If the family paid the money after receiving the video, they could return to Hong Wu's kennel and continue to linger on. If the family didn't pay, then the two of them would likely just disappear into this vast sea.

Thus, Steve Horowitz spoke first, crying: "Wife, it's me, I'm Steve. I'm still alive, and Walter is alive too, but we have been kidnapped. For this period, the life we've been living is neither human nor ghost; it's as bitter and miserable as it gets! Wife, I beg you, for the sake of our lives, you must meet their demands. Otherwise, we might be thrown into the sea behind us..."

Walter Horowitz also cried out: "Mom! Mom, you must save us! They are still very trustworthy. As long as you pay the money, we will definitely survive, but if you don't pay, Dad and I are dead!"

After saying this, Walter hugged his father and sobbed uncontrollably.

During this time, his life had been as miserable as it could possibly be. Before, he had to lie in a dog cage at the kennel for dialysis every day, and now on the ship, he still had to undergo dialysis daily. The conditions on the ship were even worse, and the severe rocking from the wind and waves was not easy for a patient with double kidney failure like him. He just wanted to return to Hong Wu's kennel as soon as possible; at least there, everything around him was fixed and wouldn't sway, making it much more comfortable than on the ship.

Thinking that he had actually started to miss the kennel involuntarily, Walter felt a sense of despair, and his tears became even more unstoppable.

The soldier specifically responsible for the close-up of his face moved closer, filming his tearful appearance right in his face. This kind of genuine emotional outpouring was absolutely the most valuable footage for kidnapping and extortion.

Thus, he reminded him loudly: "Young Master, cry harder, shed more tears, and it's best if you have some snot too, so your mom will be more willing to pay."

Walter cried and said: "I'm already crying very sadly..."

The soldier nodded: "It is very sad, but not miserable enough. Just think about how you might have to lie in a hospital bed at the kennel for the rest of your life, with dialysis tubes stuck all over your body. Just thinking about this dark, sunless life is enough to make you feel desperate, right?"

Upon hearing this, Walter burst into loud wails, tears streaming down, and snot even dripping onto his father Steve.

The soldier was finally satisfied and said: "Alright, you two, that's enough. We will edit the video now and send it to your family. As for whether your family will pay to save you, that depends on whether the blood relationship in your family is more important than money."

After saying this, he told the other soldiers: "Take them down."

The father and son, who were hugging and crying, were taken back into the cabin. The soldier edited the video filmed on-site and sent it directly to Wan Pojun, who then forwarded it to Ye Chen.

After receiving the video, Ye Chen watched it carefully several times. After confirming that it didn't reveal any key information, he instructed Wan Pojun to send the video through an encrypted channel to Steve Horowitz's wife, Jenny Horowitz.

During this time, Jenny Horowitz, who was in the United States, had been waiting for good news from the main Rothschild family.

For the sake of her husband and son, the family head, Howard, had sent out his eldest son, who was also his heir. Thinking about it, with the Rothschild family's strength, it shouldn't be difficult to find their whereabouts.

However, as Steve Rothschild spent more and more time in China, Jenny couldn't help but feel nervous and uneasy. She felt that if even the Rothschild family couldn't find any information about her husband and son, she might never find them in her lifetime.

Just when she was unable to eat or sleep, thinking only of her husband and son's whereabouts and safety, an email was sent directly to the email address she used within the Horowitz family.

When she clicked on the video and saw her miserable husband and son in the footage, her tears burst forth like a dam!

Upon seeing at the end of the video that the masked man demanded she pay one billion US dollars in cryptocurrency, she immediately picked up the phone and called Howard, the head of the Rothschild family.

Originally, given Jenny's status and position, she was not qualified to contact Howard directly. However, the last time they held a family meeting, Howard, in order to show his importance to the collateral families, had specifically given Jenny his contact information, telling her that she could call him at any time if she had any issues.

However, Jenny had never dared to call directly to ask about the progress, so this was the first time she had called Howard.

Howard did not have her number saved. Seeing a strange number calling his private phone, he asked coldly: "Who is this?"

Jenny cried and said: "Lord Patriarch, it's me, Jenny Horowitz."

Howard suddenly realized and said indifferently: "Oh, it's you. Regarding your husband and son, Steve is following up in China. You don't need to worry. If there is any progress, I will have him notify you immediately."

Jenny quickly said: "Lord Patriarch, I just received a video sent by the kidnappers who abducted my husband and son! They are not in China; they are at sea!" ===== CHAPTER 3153 =====